Children enjoy using a variety of sized paint brushes when creating an artwork. Young children do not need to be limited to using chunky paintbrushes. Give them a variety of sizes including your household paintbrush. This week we used very thin watercolour brushes as the children wanted to paint on small pebbles to make them into pets. This is how we did it:

• Collect the pebbles and eyes together

An ice lolly mould was a perfect paint pot for the small brushes.

• Get the paints and brushes ready.

A cute pebble pet - the outcomes are endless!

• The final product! Children really enjoy painting pebbles whether it is to make a whole family of imaginary pets or just to purely decorate them for the house or garden.